Great Dagon Pagoda in 1825

View of the Great Dagon Pagoda in 1825, from a print after Lieutenant Joseph Moore of
Her Majesty’s 89th Regiment, published in a portfolio of 18 views in 1825-1826 lithography

King tuts hunting chariot

king tuts hunting chariot - When Howard Carter opened King Tut’s tomb in 1922, he found 4 chariots in the south-east corner of the antechamber (2 more were found in the treasury room).

Verona,Italy

The apa (coptic abbot) Ména and Christ

The apa (coptic abbot) Ména and Christ (6th/7th century CE), from Beouit double monastery, near the current city of Kom Isfahat, Egypt. On display at the Salle Baouit, Louvre museum, Paris

Buddha

Urartian gilded bronze bull

8th–7th century BCE. Urartian gilded bronze bull, part of a throne. Urartu was a powerful kingdom that rivaled the Assyrian empire in the first millennium BCE. N.E Turkey into N.W. Iran.

Egyptian Louvre Pendant

The Rosetta Stone, Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, 196 BC.

Fatimid dynasty, 11th century AD From Egypt

Fatimid dynasty, 11th century AD From Egypt. The influence of Byzantine enamel-work on Fatimid gold jewellery This crescent-shaped gold pendant may originally have been hung with strings of pearls, from the three loops along the bottom. It is decorated with delicate bands of fine gold filigree around a small cloisonné enamel inset depicting two confronted birds and a central tree. The crescent shape is typical of jewellery produced in the Islamic world.

Egypt

Pre-Achaemenid Silver and Gold Vessel

Pre-Achaemenid Silver and Gold Vessel in the Form of a Hero and a Winged Bull Found in Eastern Anatolia, Mesopotamia, and western Iran in the beginning of the 1st millennium BCE

A diamond tiara

The Russian Fringe, a diamond tiara has been worn by Queen Mary, the Queen Mother, the Queen and the Princess Royal - 1919

he Sedlec Ossuary or Kutná Hora Bone Church

The Sedlec Ossuary or Kutná Hora Bone Church is a small Roman Catholic chapel, located beneath the Cemetery Church of All Saints in Sedlec, a suburb of Kutná Hora in the Czech Republic. The ossuary is estimated to contain the skeletons of between 40,000 and 70,000 people, many of whom have had their bones artistically arranged to form decorations and furnishings for the chapel.

The models of king and queen of Silla Kingdom are displayed at “National Folk Museum of Korea”, Seoul, South Korea

Openwork plaque with ram-headed sphinx Period

Openwork plaque with ram-headed sphinx Period: Neo-Assyrian Date: ca. 9th–8th century B.C. Geography: Syria, probably from Arslan Tash (ancient Hadatu) Culture: Assyrian Medium: Ivory

Saint Petersburg Mosque, Russia

Golden Mask of Psusennes I

Labyrinth in Lucknow, India

Sceptre of Charles V of France 1365-80 Enamelled, engraved and chased gold with silver and stones Musée du Louvre, Paris

Miniature dagger. Nubian , about 1700–1550 B.C. Bronze, ivory, gold

Kenilworth Castle England.

Tribal Art Painting

Buddhas robed in Yellow - Thailand

Gold crown from Cheonmachong made in the Korean kingdom of Silla.

The largest lord Shiva idol, Nepal

Egypt

The Martelli Mirror

The Martelli Mirror; The Martelli Mirror Object: Mirror case Place of origin: Mantua, Italy (probably, made) Date: ca. 1495-1500 (made) ca. 1475-1500 (made) Artist/Maker: Caradosso, born 1447 - died 1527

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Aegis of Egyptian goddess Bastet,Neo-Assyrian ca 9th-8th cent. BC Mesopotamia-Nimrub (ancient Kalhu) ivory bone

Mudbrick structure

It is the worlds oldest freestanding mudbrick structure, rising 19 metres. Hierakonpolis, Egypt. All photos courtesy Hierakonpolis Expedition.

Unearthed in a French field in 1897

Unearthed in a French field in 1897, this Celtic calendar uses Roman numerals and Gaulish words and has holes to hold pegs allowing the tracking of days. It was far more sophisticated than the time keeping system of the Roman conquerors.

Gangaramaya Temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Ancient City of Anuradhapura - Attraction - Anuradhapura

Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, St. Petersburg, Russia (Internet)

Tribal Life India

Aqueduct of Segovia, Spain

Sevilla, Spain

Jina, India, Western Rajasthan, 12th century

Meenakshi Temple: Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India.

Egypt, Luxor, Karnak Temple

Fairy chimney, Goreme, Cappadocia, Turkey

Palm of a Ceremonial Fan Period: Roman Period Date: A.D. 1st–2nd century Geography: Egypt Medium: Bronze, glass, gold

Gilt Powder Flask -- Circa 1800 -- India -- Via Czerny's International Auctions

Vienna Opera House by tomquah

Buddha Head at Wat Mahathat, Ayutthaya, Thailand

King Tutankhamun’s Trumpets, Approximately 1355 to 1346 BC.

The Decoration of Arms and Armor

With few exceptions, arms and armor of virtually all periods and from all the world's cultures were decorated to varying degrees. The desire to embellish objects of everyday and special use was naturally extended to those that served such important purposes as obtaining food, self-defense, and maintaining power. Most cultures valued weapons and armor as signs of rank and status, as traditional symbols of the warrior class, and as diplomatic gifts.

The Batak

Located in the mountainous highlands of northern Sumatra, the Batak are one of the largest indigenous groups in Indonesia. They are divided into six groups, the Toba, Pak Pak/Dairi, Karo, Angkola, Mandailing, and Simalungun, and have an estimated total population of 3 million. The traditional communal houses of the Batak have three levels, which correspond to the three levels of their universe: the upper world, the middle world, and the lower world.

Qolsharif Mosque, Kazan Kremlin, Kazan, Russia

Pisa

Pisa
City in Italy
Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Wikipedia

Painting